Improved spice-can



' illnittfl sl m the opt- EDWIN NORTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,'ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND O. W. NORTON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 92,538, am: July 13, 1869.

IMPROVED SPICE-CAN;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the S e- To all whom it may concern.- j

Be it known that I, EDWIN NORTON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York,- have invented a new and useful Iinprovement in Spice-Oans'; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

I clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable adapted for the delivery of the contents, through aperforated cover, in a separating and distributing way, as is required for culinary purposes.

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation ofa can constructed according to my improvement, and

Figure 2 represents a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

'A represents the body of the can, and B, the cover, which is removable and perforated for sifting or distributing the contents by showering. These parts are constructed in the commou vay.

My invention consist .incbmbining,with the said cans, stiff paper disk or disks of other similar substance, by pressing them into the covers'B, so as to fit snugly and adhere by friction in the position represented in the'drawings, to prevent the contents of the box from escaping through the perforations while not required for use. i 1

These paper disks are applied when the boxes are made, and may be best done at the time of stamping up the covers, beingpressed in by the forming-punch;

but if preferred, they may be applied by a separate.

operation.

When it is required to use the contents out of the boxes, the tin covers Bare, removed, the paper disks taken out, and the tin covers replaced, when the cans are in the proper condition for sifting or distributing the -contents,-asrequired;

I am aware that cans with a large opening through the top, and covered with paper, to be punched for delivering the contents, have been used, but these. are,

objectionable, because the walls of the punctures must be necessarily rough and jagged, causing the contents of the cans to adhereand close the piniotures. Moreover, the paper, having no protection over these large holes, is liable to be'broken through;

I am also aware that cans with permanent perforated tops and removable close covers oftin or other metal have been used, but'these are much more expensive than mine. I

Having thus described my-invention,

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the body A and perforated removable cap B, of paper disks 0, or disks of other similar substance, when arranged substantially as specilied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 8th day of June, 1869.

' EDWIN NORTON.

" \Vitnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, ALEX. F. RoBnRrs. 

